Before and After photos for Photoshop class! (#2)

 

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After

 

I manually cropped the photo of Tierra then using the Quick Selection tool I selected her and the window. Once they were both selected I used the "Select" drop down menu at the top of the screen and then clicked, "Inverse." I made the inverse black and white and then changed the Color Balance of Tierra and the window to:

 

Cyan/Red: -5

Magenta/Green: -5

Yellow/Blue: +5

 

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After

 

For this photo of the buildings and the light rail station I became acquainted with the Brush tool. I traced the majority of the lines on the buildings. Then I changed the Color Balance of the image to:

 

Cyan/Red: +30

Magenta/Green: 0

Yellow/Blue: -50

 

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After

 

I used the clone stamp tool to fill in the areas that were lacking in bokeh. I used the Dodge tool to lighten areas at the top of the picture that were too dark and used the Burn tool to darken the lighter areas at the bottom. I also decreased the Saturation to -40 and the brightness to -20.

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After

 

First, I changed the image to Black and White, then selected Threshold Adjustment and set the Opacity to 50%. Using the Photo Filter adjustment I set the density to 1. Using the Warming filter, I set Cyan to -30, Magenta to -30, and Yellow to +60.

 

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After

 

Using the Crop tool I cropped and straightened the photo manually. Then used the Patch tool to remove the sidewalk and remove the car behind the Lamborghini. Next, I used the Burn tool to darken the area around the car and the Dodge tool to brighten the car itself. Using the Blur tool I blurred the foreground and background. To make the car stand out, I used the Sharpen tool. I used the Color Replacement Tool to change the red reflections on the car to grey. The Smudge tool came in handy to smudge out the people reflected on the car and lastly, I used the Mixer Brush tool to add a slight vignette to the corners of the image.

 

 

 

Before and After photos for Photoshop class! (#1)

 

Before

 

 

After

To get his effect, I used the Exposure panel on Photoshop and used these settings.

Exposure: 1.71

Offset: 0.0661
Gamma Correction: .67

 

 

 

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After

I used the auto button for brightness/contrast.

Then I selected the baby girl's eyes using the Quick Selection Tool and brightened them.

Before

After

First I cropped the photo so that it is a perfect square. Then I changed the Hue to +25 and the Saturation to -25. I used the black set point Curves tool to give the photo more contrast.

 

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 After

I inverted this picture in Photoshop and then set the Hue to +79.

My friend Nayrel is going to GCU... hence the purple!

 

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After

I used the Spot Healing Brush tool to remove the dark lines under Chuy's eyes and some speckles on his nose. Then I used the Magic Wand tool to select his body. Once his body was selected I applied these settings to the selection.

Black and White effect

Brightness 60

Contrast 59

 

 

Astronomy Class - Trip to Flagstaff

I had the amazing opportunity of taking an Honors Astronomy class through Paradise Valley Community College in October (2015). We loaded up the vans on a Friday morning and drove to Flagstaff Arizona. Our group toured Northern Arizona University and set up camp near Sunset Crater. We enjoyed two nights of camping in near freezing temperatures, lots of star gazing, hiking, and bonding with each other. We toured Lowell Observatory and had the opportunity to look through the Clark telescope. Here are the pictures I took on the trip.

  

Dr. Berry taking a snooze on the beautiful lawn at NAU.

 PVCC Honors students listening to the NAU tour guide explain some interesting history about NAU.

 

 Relaxing for a bit, we walked all over the place for the tour!

All of the trees and grass were so lovely! A nice change from Phoenix scenery.

This building was just opened this semester at NAU. It still had that new building smell.

Talk about some steep stairs!!

It was so dark in the NAU Observatory which made it so hard to take notes... but the lighting was perfect for looking at the stars.

Taghreed is so beautiful and her positive attitude is so infectious!

Stars galore!

 

I stayed up a bit later than everyone else to take these pictures.

I was left awe-struck by this beauty.

Our camp site.

Larkin!

We practiced using the telescope during the day time.

My view of Jacob with my bare eyes.

My view of Jacob with the telescope.

The hills are alive, with the sound of music! This was such a lovely view of Mt. Humphreys.

Our awesome group!

I took this picture through some rainbow glasses in the Lowell Observatory gift shop.

My first time seeing a tarantula in the wild!

Will has rad glasses.

Team Aquila posing with the little model of New Horizons. This fulfilled our "shiny" requirement for the photo scavenger hunt.

Elliot and Itzajani posing!

The Pluto discovery telescope.

The Rotunda Museum.

Jesse is such a studious student, hard at work on his notes for class.

Christine enjoying the view of Flagstaff.

 

 Christine and Jesse taking a leisurely stroll.

 Some cool rocks = time for a headshot.

 I love the colorful leaves during Fall!

The Clark Telescope (Also known as the 24″ Alvan Clark refractor.)

 Percival Lowell, born in 1855, founded the Lowell Observatory in 1894. In 1916, when he was 61 years old, he passed away. I took this picture of Lowell's mausoleum, on Mars Hill right on the campus of his observatory.

 The stained glass forming the roof of the mausoleum during the daytime is reminiscent of the nighttime sky.

 Itzajani's camera.

 What is that awesome Treasure Planet-esque sphere, you might ask?

I was wondering the same thing...

 Well, turns out, it's a kaleidoscope, featuring Marvin the Martian!!!

 On the road again!

The moment we had all been waiting for... Sunset, so the stars would come out!

 A nice view of the Rotunda Museum.

 You can see the milky way in this picture!

On October 24th, 2001, the City of Flagstaff became the World’s First “International Dark Sky City.” According to flagstaffdarkskies.org, "The International Dark-Sky City designation is given to identify towns and cities “with exceptional commitment to and success in implementing the ideals of dark sky preservation and/or restoration, and their promotion through quality outdoor lighting.”

 Downtown Flagstaff.

 We all got up at 4:30am for some stargazing.

 When I showed this picture to my mom, she said, "Wait, was it snowing?"

I said, "Nope, those are all stars!"

 

 6am morning hike.

 I told the group to line up so I could take some pictures of everyone.

Talk about fun!!! I'm so thankful these people were on the trip. We had a grand time together!

 1, 2, 3, JUMP!

 Ashley, chilling out (literally, because it was cold) on some volcanic rock!

 Will, exploring!

 Christine and Jesse taking a breather.

 The lone flower.

 There's Will, exploring again.

 Ashley is so adorable and this background is so cool I just had to get a picture!

 Pinecone!

 It was a lovely walk back to our camp site.

 Here comes the sun!

S'mores for breakfast... I think yes!

 Our whole group enjoyed hiking the 1-mile trail at Sunset Crater.

 Dr. Berry, Elliot, and Taghreed being awesome.

 There's our excellent astronomy Professor, Jenny Weitz.

I am so glad I went on this amazing trip. Getting to know so many people from different backgrounds, with different stories to share, was so memorable.

Most importantly, seeing God's incredible creation and being reminded of how GREAT He truly is was so humbling.